Lesson 2 - The Bible

Question 1

Where do we find God’s words?

Answer 1

The Bible

Question 2

The word Bible comes from the Greek qord

Answer 2

Ta Biblia

Question 3

What does Ta Biblia mean?

Answer 3

The books

Question 4

What is the oral tradition?

Answer 4

The period when the content of the Bible was passed on orally

Question 5

Why did we shift to the written tradition and what is the written tradition all about

Answer 5

Shifted because the original witnesses were dying. The written tradition refers to the writing of the content.

Question 6

Composed of stories about the covenant between God and Israel after they were freed by Moses from slavery in Egypt

Answer 6

Old Testament

Question 7

Compilation of stories and teachings of Jesus who opened up a new relationship with God that eventually led to the birth of the Church

Answer 7

New Testament

Question 8

The word testament is the same as the Latin word “Testamentum” which in Hebrew translates to

Answer 8

Covenant

Question 9

What is the Bible

Answer 9

collection of books that tells us about the covenant

Question 10

The old testament is common to both

Answer 10

Jews and Christians

Question 11

The Jews, followed by protestants, recognize only the books written in

Answer 11

Hebrew

Question 12

The word canon means

Answer 12

“rule”

Question 13

A book is canonical if it is recognized as a

Answer 13

rule of faith

Question 14

What is the total recognized as a rule of faith

Answer 14

Canon of holy books

Question 15

How many extra books does the Catholic Bible have?

Answer 15

seven or eight

Question 16

What did the protestants call the extra books

Answer 16

Apocrypha (kept secret)

Question 17

What did the Catholics call the extra books

Answer 17

Deutero-canonical

Question 18

Books which entered the canon or rule of faith at a secondary stage

Answer 18

Deutero-canonical

Question 19

Who wrote the bible?

Answer 19

Different authors depending on the time these stories were written

Question 20

When was the bible written?

Answer 20

Over about 1,000 years from 900 B.C. to100 A.D. at different places

Question 20

How many books are there in the Bible?

Answer 20

73 books in all

Question 20

How many books is in the Oldd Testament?

Answer 20

46 books

Question 20

How many books is in the new testament

Answer 20

27 books

Question 21

The first five books in the bible are collectively known as

Answer 21

“The Law”, “Torah”, also sometimes called the “Pentateuch” or “The 5 books of Moses”

Question 21

Tells how the world began, the origin of the human race, the story of the Hebrews and their calling as God's "chosen people"

Answer 21

Gensesis

Question 22

Tells how the Israelites fled from Egypt and the laws they swore to observe when they made their own covenant with Yahweh at Mt. Sinai

Answer 22

Exodus

Question 23

Tells about laws and regulations for sacrifices and how to observe Holy Days

Answer 23

Leviticus

Question 24

tells about the census of the people and the sacred story of the Israelites wandering in the wilderness

Answer 24

Numbers

Question 25

Tells about the story of Moses last discourses and the addition of new laws

Answer 25

Deuteronomy

Question 26

Six (6) historical books

Answer 26

1. Joshua 2. Judges 3. 1 Samuel 4. 2 Samuel 5. 1 Kings 6. 2 Kings

Question 27

Three (3) major prophets

Answer 27

1. Isiah 2. Jeremiah 3. Ezekiel

Question 28

Most quoted of the prophets in the new testament

Answer 28

Isiah

Question 29

Often used metaphors such as potter and clay

Answer 29

Jermiah

Question 30

Vision of the dry bones

Answer 30

Ezekiel

Question 31

How many books makes up "The Writings" or "Hagiographa"

Answer 31

13

Question 32

How many books make up the second canon

Answer 32

7

Question 33

The second canon is also known as the

Answer 33

Deuterocanonical books or the Apocrypha

Question 34

In the new testament, the first four (4) books are called

Answer 34

Gospels

Question 35

Gospels means

Answer 35

Good news

Question 36

Four (4) gospel writers

Answer 36

1. Matthew 2. Mark 3. Luke 4. John

Question 37

What does "synoptics" mean?

Answer 37

Seen with the same eye

Question 38

Who are the writers that are considered synoptics and why?

Answer 38

Matthew Mark Luke because they have similar stories and accounts of Jesus' life

Question 39

Who presents Jesus as the eternal word of God who descended from heaven and became man?

Answer 39

John

Question 40

The story of the formation of the early Christian communities and subsequently the faith of the Church Tells of the spread and growth of the Church from Palestine to Rome

Answer 40

The Book of the Acts of the Apostles

Question 41

How many letters did Paul write?

Answer 41

13